Winnowing Grain, Taos, New Mexico
Artist
Ansel Adams
(American, 1902-1984)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1929
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 13 × 9 3/4 in. (33 × 24.8 cm)
20 1/4 × 16 1/4 in. (51.4 × 41.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
20 1/4 × 16 1/4 in. (51.4 × 41.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. T. Lane Stokes
Object number82.149
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a photograph of a scene in New Mexico.Label TextAnsel Adams American, 1902–1984 Winnowing Grain, Taos, New Mexico, ca. 1929 Gelatin silver print, ca. 1980 Adams made this photograph for the book Taos Pueblo (1930), which he coauthored with writer Mary Hunter Austin. Their shared authorship was unusual at a time when photographs in books were typically seen as mere illustrations, not as significant works in their own right. To assert the importance of his photographs, Adams chose not to use standard photo reprinting technologies and instead created all the images by hand. For each of the 108 copies, Adams printed 12 individual photographs on bookpaper that was hand-coated with light-sensitive emulsion. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. T. Lane Stokes 82.149 Exhibition History"Ansel Adams: A Celebration," Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina, May 11--August 4, 2002. "Ansel Adams Photography," Kaufman Theatre Lobby, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA., May 23 - September 7, 2008. "From Ansel Adams to Infinity," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 21, 2018 - January 27, 2019.
